77 Kz1000 I'm looking at buying

I'm looking at this bike to start my hybrid project and was wondering what you guys thought of it. It needs coils and electric ignition to get it running and He's asking $900.00

Raceking46 wrote:

I'm looking at this bike to start my hybrid project and was wondering what you guys thought of it. It needs coils and electric ignition to get it running and He's asking $900.00

do you have a picture? 900 not running seems steep imo, unless its super clean. i really have no room to talk, my bike didnt run either and it was free.

first off welcome...

folks consider it friendly to introduce yourself and maybe give a little background-location-current bikes ect...

for that tells if the deal could be too much trouble ect....

so to start...welcome to KZR

tellus a little about you...

oh and any kz for 900 might be something to snag.....pics are the deal maker

Craig

Sorry took a sec to figure out the pic part, I had to resize. My names Brad and I live in Rochester NY. My plan is to start with a suspension swap and make something comfortable and cool to ride that my girl can get on the back of with some comfort

Rochester come from dutchess county. The bike looks like it's worth 900 I would try to talk and down to 500. Tell him it's gonna take some money to get it running.

looks like the carbs are off it. which probably means they're horribly plugged up from sitting with old gas in them, right? You might try doing a compression test with the kickstarter. That would at least give a clue about the internals. of course if you plan to build it up then it doesn't really matter I spose. does the engine turn over? was it outside?

Welcome to KZR...Rochester? You are near the holy grail of Kawasaki parts (Marion, NY = Z1Enterprises.com)...the bike appears to be missing carbs...or is it just the angle of the photo?

Yea the carbs are off but he does have them he said it ran b4 he started taking things off but had a bad coil. It did kick over fine.

man that is better than most start with...you get that thing running-you get that thing working decent and tracking and turning-you get that thing running like a top-get it registered ..ect...ect....you got a decent ride for her right there imo....


then if you want to still hybrid do one stage at a time and you can gauge the outcome and make corrections..there are many folks well into there rpojects who would kill to have one complete and running great to swap parts onto...nothing like going for a ride after wrenching for an hour trying to mount a new part.......in my opinion ,you have the making of a great bike and may want deal with "that" bikes issues before tacking on more confusion...and yes ...900 is fine...500-700 bikes are real rare these days and 900 aint too many 12 packs more imo...

welcome and i hope you get it .......

Craig

P.S

as mentioned N.Y has some cool KZR members ,some very close to you,helps that now we know a general location,they will chime in and contact you i'm sure....

also i see some (a lot!!!)of cool barn finds all along the upstate areas getting listed....

i am a 9 yr new york upstater...home in cali 4 now...and can really miss those hudson river summer days and sunsets...

wait did i say i miss N.Y (upstate that is) :laugh:

check to see if the motor vin and the frame vin are the same as on the title...ie ..matching..it looks like a 1979 ltd 1000 rolling bike with a 1977-78 kz1000 motor in it to me...

the paper work and bike numbers are important later when the $ registration part comes and can factor in "NOW" to the sale/offer price...

good luck

Welcome!

That engine looks newer than 77'. I'd say $900 is a bit steep. $700.00 is more in line, especially when you have no idea whats up with the motor.